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The Yankees could have had Lucas Giolito for Andrew Miller
Saturday’s Say Hey, Baseball is in shock that the Yankees allegedly turned this deal down. Plus, a 3-3-5 triple play was turned on Friday night!
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We are now perilously close to Monday’s trade deadline, and the warning shots of trade rumors are only getting closer and louder as we near the big day. One of the juicier trade rumors involved the Nationals and Yankees, and this particular deal was a one-for-one offer that seemed too good to actually be true.
According to Jon Morosi of the MLB Network, the Nationals were willing to give the Yankees top pitching prospect Lucas Giolito in exchange for Andrew Miller. That was it. That was all. Nobody else was involved. That was the entire deal: Giolito for Miller. Now, we’ve already seen evidence that this year’s trade market is clearly in favor of the sellers, but this was wild. The Yankees would be adding a legitimate top prospect in exchange for a 31-year-old journeyman pitcher. That’s an offer that you accept seven days a week and twice on Sunday, right? Well, the Yankees decided that this wasn’t good enough for them.
Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported that the Yankees did place value in Giolito but their concerns were such that they wanted more prospects in a deal in order to outweigh those concerns. When word spread that the Yankees were actually the ones who were hesitant to make this trade, some smart people in and around baseball were flabbergasted, and rightfully so. Again, this is one of the weirder trade markets in recent memory, and it is so clearly a seller’s market. It’s utterly shocking that the Yankees allegedly turned this deal down. Will they end up regretting it come the offseason? We’ll have to see.
- The Nationals may not end up going through with that trade, but they did end up pulling off one of the most unique triple plays that you’ll ever see.
- The Reds, Dodgers, and a potential mystery team (that could be either the Braves or Rays) are reportedly working on a massive three-team deal involving Jay Bruce and maybe Yasiel Puig as well.
- While Vince Velasquez was making a start for the Phillies last night, his team was rumored to be in intense trade talks with the Rangers.
- The Pirates are reportedly trying to move Mark Melancon, and the crew at McCovey Chronicles believes that the Giants should jump on this.
- San Francisco should definitely be looking to improve at the deadline, because the Dodgers are now only one game behind them after a wild win on Friday night.
- Meanwhile, a Dodgers fan was so convinced that his team was going to lose that he put one of his eyebrows on the line. He’s now down one eyebrow.
- In further NL West news, the Rockies have been playing some good baseball since the break. Could they actually be buyers, or should they take advantage of the current market and sell?
- Chris Sale stuck it to his employers by sticking a knife in those 1976 throwback jerseys. However, did his crazy actions end up making him an extremely unlikely labor hero?
- Pitchers are clearly the most valued commodity in this year’s trade market, and relievers could end up fetching sellers their biggest hauls.
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